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True Crime with Kendall Rae

Denise Amber Lee Did Everything Right in Her Abduction but 911 Failed Her…

True Crime with Kendall Rae

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True Crime, Society & Culture, History

4.65K Ratings

🗓️ 3 July 2025

⏱️ 67 minutes

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Summary

In 2008, 21-year-old Denise Amber Lee was abducted from her home in North Port, Florida, and murdered. This case was widely reported on and became well known because of the circumstances surrounding her death. Despite multiple 911 calls, some operators failed to report their findings to law enforcement during the active kidnapping. This ultimately led to Denise not being found in time, when she was right under the nose of police officers stationed around the area. Denise herself even called 911 and tried to get help, but tragically, nothing worked to save her.

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Transcript

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0:00.0

Hello, everyone, and welcome back to another episode of True Crime with Kendall Ray.

0:11.2

Thank you so much for joining me today, as always.

0:14.5

And if you're new to the show, then welcome.

0:16.3

I'm so happy to have you here.

0:17.8

Okay, guys, today we are getting into a case that, God, I have just

0:22.2

so many thoughts. And I don't want to ramble too much in the beginning because I'd be doing

0:27.2

that, as we know. But I was shocked that I had never heard of this case. And I just cannot believe

0:34.6

how, I mean, it's gotten a decent amount of coverage, but I think it just needs so much more. I think it's gotten a decent amount of coverage but I think it just needs

0:39.5

so much more I think it's a case that everyone should know about and it's really something that

0:44.5

everyone that works especially in dispatch but in law enforcement in general has to know about because

0:50.5

oh my gosh the failures here you guys it was so so preventable today i'm going to be telling

0:57.4

you about the murder of an incredible woman a mother named denise amber lee and when i tell you guys

1:04.9

that this woman is the truest embodiment of brave i mean that to my core. When you hear about what Denise was able to do

1:13.6

in the midst of one of the most horrific things anyone could possibly experience, I think you'll be

1:20.1

as speechless as I was. And I've got to say, I mean, researching these cases on a weekly

1:25.3

basis is so emotional.

1:30.3

This one really, really got to me.

1:37.1

I have cried a lot while learning about Denise and hearing some of the audio recordings.

1:42.4

And there are some of them that I can't even play for you guys because they are just so disturbing.

1:52.3

And I will explain that as we go. But my god this one is just um incredibly difficult to hear about Denise was truly failed um it feels like this could it very much so could have been prevented if the right

2:00.3

steps were taken and it's just one of those

2:03.8

cases that makes you frustrated just doesn't even begin to describe it i mean every turn of this case

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